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05 November 2025 · Research Highlight

Preventing dangerous short circuits in lithium batteries

Dendrites are considered the most dangerous destroyers of lithium batteries — tiny metal structures that can cause short circuits. In the worst case, they can cause batteries to burn or explode. An ...

04 November 2025

FLASH welcomes first user groups after shutdown

A new round of user experiments is starting this week at DESY's free-electron laser FLASH. During a long FLASH2020+ shutdown, ...

30 October 2025 · Research Highlight

New quasi-particle discovered in rare earth material

Electrons determine the properties of all materials: They decide whether a metal conducts electricity, how a semiconductor operates or which magnetic effects occur. In some materials, electrons behave in a ...

29 October 2025 · Research Highlight

Nanoscale under gigapressure

Sometimes a change of perspective can make a world of difference. A team of scientists from DESY and MAX IV as well as University of Bayreuth has rearranged the method in which one can use an X-ray beam to ...